PBB Cleveland Trip Nov 22-23, 2003

Winking Lizard, OSU-Michigan Game

Image.jpg The early crowd at the Winking Lizard

Image(01).jpg More of the early people

Image(03).jpg Almost gametime, more people showing up

Image(04).jpg Paul and Jess try to hang the PBB banner

Image(05).jpg Paul gets some more help with the banner

Image(06).jpg Banner's almost up, but it's blocking the TV

Image(08).jpg Finding another place for the banner

Image(09).jpg Still finding another place for the banner

Image(10).jpg Hanging the banner (again)

Image(11).jpg Hanging the banner (again)

Image(12).jpg Almost done

Image(13).jpg Finished!

Image(14).jpg Jeff, on Michigan

Image(15).jpg Set up like at the Oregon, and watching the game

Image(16).jpg More of the game crowd

Image(17).jpg Show up late, get the seat without a view

Image(18).jpg OSU scores!

The Hyatt

Image(21).jpg The shops inside the Hyatt

Image(22).jpg The other end of the mall

Image(23).jpg Must be high-class, the TV's inside a cabinet

Image(24).jpg A desk with a view...

Image(26).jpg ... of a construction site

Image(27).jpg But at least they have a big crane

Image(28).jpg That's nice, they give you bottled water...

Image(29).jpg ... for how much?!

Gridiron Grill

Image(30).jpg Ladies of the PBB

Image(32).jpg Men of the PBB

Image(33).jpg Other Browns Backers, and a well-stocked bar

Image(34).jpg Bernie and Clay

Image(35).jpg Browns Backers banners from everywhere

Image(37).jpg More banners

Image(39).jpg Paul, in deep thought

Image(40).jpg Beer of the PBB

More Hyatt, Flannery's

Image(42).jpg The courtyard at night

Image(43).jpg Some of the shops

Image(44).jpg The large staircase at the end

Image(45).jpg The rooms from the outside

Image(46).jpg The shops from the lobby level

Image(47).jpg The skylight from the lobby level

Image(48).jpg The on-time crowd at Flannery's

Image(53).jpg More people arrive

Image(56).jpg Victory! (Over what?)

Image(57).jpg The girls

Image(58).jpg Paul's friends arrive

Image(65).jpg Sneaking into the conversation

Sunday Morning, Tailgating

Image(71).jpg The park near the stadium

Image(73).jpg Cleveland Browns Stadium, 8:30 AM

Image(74).jpg Science Center and the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

Image(75).jpg This Mallorca looks like more fun than its 'Burgh counterpart

Image(76).jpg The setup, to watch the earlier win with

Image(77).jpg The early crowd

Image(78).jpg More people start showing up

Image(79).jpg Firing up the grill

Image(80).jpg The Kardiac Attack van

Image(81).jpg The banner's up; no idea what he's doing

Image(82).jpg Now it's starting to look like a party

Image(83).jpg Delicious and in the spirit

Image(84).jpg The banner again

Image(85).jpg Pittsburgh Sucks, Part I

Image(86).jpg Pittsburgh Sucks, Part II

Image(87).jpg Pittsburgh Sucks, Part III

Image(93).jpg "8?" "Go fish."

Image(94).jpg Wrong team, right idea

Image(98).jpg Not bad as a mascot, but he should be more intimidating

Image(99).jpg Right team, right idea

Image(101).jpg I'm noticing a trend...

Image(102).jpg That's the ticket

Image(103).jpg Keeping current

Image(109).jpg Mike's birthday cake, before

Image(110).jpg Mike's birthday cake, after

Image(111).jpg One of these things is not like the other...

Image(113).jpg Burning the Steelers flag

Image(114).jpg In the lineup

Image(128).jpg Heading for the stadium

At the Game

Image(130).jpg Waiting to go in

Image(132).jpg The lucky ones who're already in

Image(135).jpg The field

Image(136).jpg The big helmet, at the other end of the stadium from the Dawg Pound

Image(137).jpg The Pound's end zone

Image(138).jpg More of the field

Image(139).jpg Player introductions

Image(142).jpg Other PBBers arrive

Image(143).jpg Send in the Browns!

Image(149).jpg One of the lucky ones

After the Game

Image(151).jpg Leaving the stadium

Image(154).jpg The traffic jam afterwards, almost as annoying as the game